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  1. Is it ironic that Mrs Bennet is always telling her daughters to find a husband when she is in fact the one repelling the men away?

    60% ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that Victor spent his time trying to make life but is about to die.

    75% ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that In the song "Praise the War Machine," the band Zao hails acts of wanton violence and brutality as being desirable, while the album of which the song is a part decries the moral depravity of our time.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Music Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Steve Irwin was killed in a freak accident by a stingray...perhaps...

    66% ironic 10 votes Death Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that The saddest guys can be happy drunks?

    50% ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A sky dive that is afraid of heights.

    66% ironic 5 votes Irony Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that When police officers who enforce the law commit suicide? (Since suicide is a criminal act, even though the person that committed suicide is beyond the reach of the law.

    55% not ironic 4 votes Death Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that I post a message on Facebook which says "Those who spend their time looking for faults in others usually make no time to correct their own.

    55% not ironic 4 votes Technology Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that The weather forecast said that it was ironic that it had rained since the school holidays started.

    80% not ironic 11 votes Coincidence Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that "A friend suggested it ironic that the word colloquial is infrequently used in conversation."

    88% ironic 4 votes Coincidence Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that The girl named angel goes to hell.

    71% ironic 15 votes Death Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that The word lisp is something someone with a lisp quite probably could not pronounce correctly?

    75% ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Hercules killed a lion and died from a tunic?

    50% ironic 1 votes Literary Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Tree hugging protestor got poison ivy.

    57% ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that A man goes to work without realizing it's his day off.

    88% not ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that In the fleetwood mac lyrics of 'oh daddy' the singer seems to praise the 'daddy' while at the same time revealing his negative influence on the self esteem of the singer/child??

    50% ironic 1 votes Music Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that Fat women wear skin tight yoga pants, because they want to be comfortable, but hard body babes wear baggy sweat pants in order to be comfortable.

    57% ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that I was playing BF3 then went outside then came back in because the graphics of BF3 is better then real life.

    77% not ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that A school teacher who cannot teach well in class advising her students to join her tuition class in a private tuition centre.

    75% not ironic 2 votes School Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that I am careful to make no regretful decisions in life, so when I fell deep in love for the first time I promised to never let it fade away, and now four years later I regret falling so blindly, naively, and deeply in love with someone who I now recognize isn't right for me and promising myself such a thing?

    80% not ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that My dog can rollover and fly a plain.

    60% ironic 5 votes Coincidence Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that While creek walking, I spent the whole time trying not to get my shirt wet, then fell into the creek right as we left.

    81% ironic 8 votes Coincidence Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that I tripped over a caution sign?

    66% ironic 8 votes Irony Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that A British psychic canceled a show in Scotland due to "unforeseen circumstances.

    75% ironic 2 votes News Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that A fly ends up walking around brazenly on my fly-swatter like he owns it, and then flies off the handle when I want to strangle him?

    50% ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →